Does Qualcomm pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Qualcomm employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Qualcomm. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Qualcomm?

73% of Qualcomm employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Qualcomm 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Qualcomm?

Software Engineer (976) , Senior Engineer (823) , Engineer (808) , Staff Engineer (621) , Senior Software Engineer (542) , Senior Staff Engineer (242) , Senior Lead Engineer (205) , Intern (176) , Associate Engineer (137) , Staff Software Engineer (134) , Interim Engineering Intern (124) , Hardware Engineer (116) , Systems Engineer (75) , Senior Hardware Engineer (66) , Software Engineer(Internship) (65)

What are the pros of working at Qualcomm according to real employee reviews?

"All the benefits are good and recently the company is trying to mimic Google like culture" ((in 1072 reviews)); "Working for Qualcomm has been amazing and the people are great." ((in 585 reviews)); "Pay is good and above industry average" ((in 532 reviews)); "top schools a lot of talents and very helpful to others good salary" ((in 455 reviews)); "People have knowledge and work culture is good" ((in 399 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Qualcomm according to real employee reviews?

"Too many managers with varied focus pulling projects in different direction is straining engineers and tech leads." ((in 179 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs in the company" ((in 160 reviews)); "Long hours to get the job done; tight schedules to meet to stay competitive in the market place;" ((in 142 reviews)); "Too much work close to the chip release." ((in 96 reviews)); "Too much politics and performance reviews are not always fair" ((in 93 reviews))

What are employees saying about Qualcomm layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Qualcomm layoffs and their outlook for job security at Qualcomm in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Qualcomm locations?

München , Frankfurt am Main , Ingolstadt , Nürnberg , Sulzbach (Taunus)

Qualcomm reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(10,997 total reviews)

Cristiano Amon

69% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

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Qualcomm has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 10,997 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Qualcomm employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

11K reviews

2.0

Jan 22, 2017

Management and work environment

Senior program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Used to be a good place to work. Had good benefits and good co-workers.

Cons

Most of management does now want to change status quo and are very biased. They have no clue on how to really reduce their cost structure - want to stick to status quo and are totally clueless and behind the curve. Reactive vs proactive and too many meetings. A lot of favoritism.

3.0

Dec 1, 2016

Slowdown on innovation front

Staff software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Smart people (upto a certain job level), OK compensation/benefits, but they are not keeping up with industry lately.

Cons

No risk taking in middle upper management level, Upper management keeps trying to please customer, middle management keeps trying to please upper management. Hardly any new innovation being here. QC has started buying other companies doing something new, rather than trying it for themselves.

1.0

Oct 25, 2016

Beware of culture/management issues

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits Smart people Interesting technology Great facilities

Cons

Poor (sometimes abusive) managers are protected and promoted Grueling hours Cut throat atmosphere

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